Wilson is the next-door neighbor of Tim "The
Tool Man" Taylor. Wilson's face is never
fully seen [obscured by a fence or other
object].

Tim Taylor talking to his eccentric
neighbor, Wilson Wilson Jr.

Born in March, Wilson is a scholar and often
shares quotations of famous people while talking
to Tim as they stand on either side of their
backyard fence [e.g., "I‘m reminded of J. B.
Priestley who said...‘Marriage is like an
endless visit in your worst clothes’."].

Wilson has lived an exciting life including a
stint as a spy plane pilot in the war, a park
ranger, and a semester in Oxford, England where
he romanced Jilly Cooper, an English novelist.
He attended Greenville School for Boys. Wilson’s
catchphrase is "Hi-dee-ho" and "Howdy, Good
Neighbor" and "Hi ho, neighborette" [his
greeting to Jill Taylor].

Wilson’s family includes his scientist father
Wilson Wilson, Sr.; Wilson’s deceased wife,
Catherine [Wilson met her in the Mindo-Nambillo
forest of Western Ecuador and married her in
November 1969]; his free-spirited niece, Willow
Branch Leaf Wilson, born in 1971 who lived with
him for a time [she‘s dating Vince.]; Uncle
Nilsson Wilson, a barrel-maker in Stockholm;
Wilhemina Wilson, Wilbur Wilson, Wilma Wilson,
Willard Wilson, Wilfred Wilson; cousins Carl
Wilson, Brian Wilson and Dennis Wilson [the
Beach Boys] and Bob, the black sheep of the
family.

Wilson’s many interests included raising
spiders, playing the Alpine Horn and writing a
mineralogy column about rocks called "Rock Beat"
for the Wichita Star.

Some Wilson-isms

"Better to have people think
you're a fool than to open your mouth and
remove all doubt."

-- Samuel Clemens
(Mark Twain) (1835-1910)

Episode "Look
Who's Not Talking"

"A great lover is not one who
romances a different woman every night; a
great lover is one who romances the same woman
for a lifetime."

--
Ancient Chinese Proverb

Episode "Groin
Pains"

"There are people who do things
and people who take the credit, and the trick
is to be in the first group; there is a lot
less competition."

-- Dwight Morrow (1873-1931)

Episode "Doctor in
the House"

"Obsessions are like fire and water:
good servants, but bad masters."

-- Old Folks Saying

Episode "Don't Tell Momma"

"Truth, like surgery, might
hurt but it cures."

-- Han Suyin (1917- ), Chinese
Writer

Episode
"My Son, the Driver"

"A torn jacket is soon mended,
but hard words can bruise the heart of a
child."